I've been a member on GuruFocus for almost a full year and am still attempting to learn as much as I can about value investing from as
Thank you for your questions. I tried to answer your question about what resources are good choices for someone learning about value investing in a blog post:
I didn't love every book on the list. And I don't agree with every investor I mentioned. But I think these are the sources to study if you want to get a set of value investing models in your head. I called it a toolbox, because that's how I think of it. You want to have all the different tools in your head even if you tend to use only one.
I would also suggest you focus on learning these different investor's models, learning about learning, and learning about yourself. For example: I'm a bad diversifier. I just am. Some investors can pick 20 or 100 good stocks. I can't. I do better and sleep better with a lot fewer stocks. I'm not suggesting that for everyone. I'm saying it's something I've learned about myself over years of experiencing both sides.
So do the obvious things. Keep an investment journal. Do post mortems of your failures to see why you failed. And go back to see if your successes went right for the reasons you originally thought. Learn about 3 things: 1) The different value investing "models", 2) Learning and 3) Yourself.
I don't know if I did a good job answering your questions. If not, let me know what I missed. And I'll try again.
Thanks again for your questions. And for your kind words.
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I've been a member on GuruFocus for almost a full year and am still attempting to learn as much as I can about value investing from as
http://www.gannononinvesting.com/blog/investing-101-toolbox-12-books-3-lectures-4-blogs-and-5-inte.html
I didn't love every book on the list. And I don't agree with every investor I mentioned. But I think these are the sources to study if you want to get a set of value investing models in your head. I called it a toolbox, because that's how I think of it. You want to have all the different tools in your head even if you tend to use only one.
I would also suggest you focus on learning these different investor's models, learning about learning, and learning about yourself. For example: I'm a bad diversifier. I just am. Some investors can pick 20 or 100 good stocks. I can't. I do better and sleep better with a lot fewer stocks. I'm not suggesting that for everyone. I'm saying it's something I've learned about myself over years of experiencing both sides.
So do the obvious things. Keep an investment journal. Do post mortems of your failures to see why you failed. And go back to see if your successes went right for the reasons you originally thought. Learn about 3 things: 1) The different value investing "models", 2) Learning and 3) Yourself.
I don't know if I did a good job answering your questions. If not, let me know what I missed. And I'll try again.
Thanks again for your questions. And for your kind words.